Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year at Columbian Elementary. 

          We are so glad that your student and family will be joining us for another FANTASTIC year!

    Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year at Columbian Elementary. 

          We are so glad that your student and family will be joining us for another FANTASTIC year!

The Pre-K -12 Guidance and Counseling Program

The Omaha Public Schools have a Pre-K-12 comprehensive, competency-based guidance and counseling program.  This program is both proactive and responsive to the unique needs of individual students.  There are four components of the program:

*A Guidance Curriculum that is delivered to ALL students and emphasizes personal, occupational, and academic skill-building through classroom presentations.

*Individual Student Planning that developmentally helps students plan for their future, set career goals, manage conflict, prepare for learning beyond high school, strengthen academic skills, and more. 

* Response Services that provide support for issues of immediate concern to the students and their families. 

*System Support that recognizes the school counselor as part of the school team and supports the other three components. 

The Pre-K -12 Guidance and Counseling Program

The Omaha Public Schools have a Pre-K-12 comprehensive, competency-based guidance and counseling program.  This program is both proactive and responsive to the unique needs of individual students.  There are four components of the program:

*A Guidance Curriculum that is delivered to ALL students and emphasizes personal, occupational, and academic skill-building through classroom presentations.

*Individual Student Planning that developmentally helps students plan for their future, set career goals, manage conflict, prepare for learning beyond high school, strengthen academic skills, and more. 

* Response Services that provide support for issues of immediate concern to the students and their families. 

*System Support that recognizes the school counselor as part of the school team and supports the other three components. 

      My name is Mrs. Marlow and this is my fifth year at Columbian.  I absolutely love working with students as they work to achieve their academic and social goals.  I would love to share a little bit about myself and my academic pursuits with all of you.  I grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and attended Scottsbluff High School.  During my four years in high school, I really developed a great respect for my school counselor.  She was very helpful and she was a great role model in demonstrating the guidance that young people need when working to achieve academic and future goals, and when working to be a proactive problem solver.  She is one of the people who inspired me to work with young individuals and to become a school counselor.

     After high school, I attended Eastern Wyoming College, in Torrinton, Wyoming, where I received scholarship to play volleyball and pursue a degree in Psychology.  In 2001, I was invited to join the University of Minnesota-Morris to play volleyball for the Cougars and to complete my Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology.  I have felt so blessed to have had the opportunity to travel to different parts of our country to learn and develop wonderful friendships  along the way.

     In 2003, I decided to move closer to home as I completed my graduate studies so I moved to Greeley, Colorado, to attend the University of Northern Colorado where I earned my Master of Arts in School Counseling.  

     After Graduate School, my husband and I moved to Omaha due to the wonderful occupational opportunities through Omaha Public Schools and to live closer to family.  We have been here since and have appreciated the sense of community and feelings of belonging that Omaha provides.

      My name is Mrs. Marlow and this is my fifth year at Columbian.  I absolutely love working with students as they work to achieve their academic and social goals.  I would love to share a little bit about myself and my academic pursuits with all of you.  I grew up in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and attended Scottsbluff High School.  During my four years in high school, I really developed a great respect for my school counselor.  She was very helpful and she was a great role model in demonstrating the guidance that young people need when working to achieve academic and future goals, and when working to be a proactive problem solver.  She is one of the people who inspired me to work with young individuals and to become a school counselor.

     After high school, I attended Eastern Wyoming College, in Torrinton, Wyoming, where I received scholarship to play volleyball and pursue a degree in Psychology.  In 2001, I was invited to join the University of Minnesota-Morris to play volleyball for the Cougars and to complete my Bachelors of Arts degree in Psychology.  I have felt so blessed to have had the opportunity to travel to different parts of our country to learn and develop wonderful friendships  along the way.

     In 2003, I decided to move closer to home as I completed my graduate studies so I moved to Greeley, Colorado, to attend the University of Northern Colorado where I earned my Master of Arts in School Counseling.  

     After Graduate School, my husband and I moved to Omaha due to the wonderful occupational opportunities through Omaha Public Schools and to live closer to family.  We have been here since and have appreciated the sense of community and feelings of belonging that Omaha provides.